Pop's most controversial star Miley Cyrus has banned herself from “twerking” throughout her forthcoming world tour.

The singer , who shocked the world last year when she began her trademark gyrating dance moves, instead wants her fans to listen to her music and realise that she can sing.

Miley, 21, has told her record company bosses that she will not have her 59-date tour plagued with criticism over her antics.

A source close to the former Hannah Montana star revealed: “Miley is well aware of the controversy that her twerking caused last year and while she is not at all regretful of it, she doesn’t want it to define her concerts.

“She has written the show herself, it’s like a play and it has a theme but more than anything Miley wants the world to see that she can actually sing.

“Since June, when the twerking became infamous, Miley doesn’t feel that she has always been portrayed as a serious artist but someone who just bends over and behaves in a raunchy manner.

“She thinks her raw talent has been overshadowed by this and wants to put it right. She will though, of course, be wearing raunchy-style outfits but that is as far as it will be going.”?Miley - daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus - begins her string of gigs this Friday in Vancouver.

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She arrives in the UK on May 6 when she will play London’s O2 Arena. She will play a further five shows, plus one in Dublin.

Sources close to the Wrecking Ball singer say that she can’t wait to get to the UK because she’s looking forward to enjoying the nightlife that we have to offer.

Speaking of her excitement at her forthcoming tour, Miley said: “The tour is like a play, there will be these intermissions. I’m going to mix things up so every night gets to be a fresh show.

“We’ve got things exploding, everything, everywhere. I want my fans to get their worth out of it. I want things to fall out of the sky or me throw things out, I want things fans get to keep and things you can’t buy on the website. It’s just something you can get, you have to come to the show to have.”

She will also have special guests joining her on stage but is yet to confirm who they will be on the British leg of the tour.

Miley came under huge scrutiny in August when millions saw her twerk with American singer Robin Thicke to a mix of her hit We Can’t Stop and his, Blurred Lines at MTV’s VMA’s.

Her antics were criticised across the globe but in December, she did the same again with a man dressed as Santa Claus at the Jingle Ball in Minnesota, America in December.

The source added: “Miley is a clever girl, she knows what she’s doing and indeed, what her fans want so this is all her decision.”